BBC纪录片《冰冻星球》最后的边疆第1期:最寒冷的城市
[00:00:21]This town was built here in Svalbard,
这座小镇建在斯瓦尔巴特群岛上
[00:03:09]only 700 miles from the North Pole,
与北极点相距仅1130公里
[00:05:31]to support a mine.
为矿区而建
[00:09:33]The Arctic is rich in coal, oil and minerals.
北极储有丰富的煤炭 石油和矿物
[00:19:35]In Siberia, the Russian Arctic,
在俄罗斯的北极 西伯利亚
[00:22:09]the mineral wealth has given rise to large cities.
丰富的矿物质推动了大城市的发展
[00:30:34]This is Norilsk, the coldest city on Earth.
这里是地球上最寒冷的城市 诺里尔斯克
[00:33:20]Temperatures regularly drop to below minus 50 degrees Centigrade.
气温一般维持在零下50摄氏度
[00:43:14]Fuel freezes in the tanks of the trucks,
卡车油箱里的燃料结了冰
[00:46:02]and has to be melted in a rather alarming way.
只能用一种令人胆寒的方式解冻
[00:55:15]Ships are frozen into the rivers
一年中有九个月
[00:57:12]for nine months of the year.
船舶被冻在河里
[01:00:34]The ice must be cut away from their hulls
船身上的冰层必须被切掉
[01:02:54]because steel becomes brittle
因为随着积冰变厚
[01:05:06]and vulnerable to the thickening ice.
钢铁会变得脆弱易碎
[01:10:24]Like all Arctic cities,
与其它北极城市一样
[01:12:23]Norilsk depends on a power plant
诺里尔斯克依靠发电站
[01:15:01]which heats everybody's home.
向各家各户送暖
[01:17:46]Waste heat from the plant
发电站的废热
[01:19:24]even keeps a lake ice-free all winter.
甚至可使一片湖整冬不结冰
[01:22:54]Even at air temperatures of minus 50,
即便是在零下50度的气温下
[01:24:49]the Norilsk Walrus Club come here every day.
诺里尔斯克海象俱乐部仍每天前来冬泳
